Thigger

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who thigs or solicits subsistence from others; a beggar.

Etymology

From Middle English *thiggere, equivalent to thig + -er. Cognate with Shetlandic tiggar (“beggar”), Danish tigger (“beggar”), Swedish tiggare (“beggar”).

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